UB 2020 Downtown Campus

The exact nature of the University at Buffalo's expansion
downtown has not yet been finalized, but as decisions are made,
they will be consistent with the guiding principles of Building UB,
UB's comprehensive physical plan. This plan stipulates that UB will
be a responsible community citizen and will collaborate with its
neighbors to achieve a shared vision for the future.

• If UB relocates to downtown Buffalo the five health
science schools of its Academic Health Center and continues
development and construction of existing properties on its Downtown
Campus as part of its "Building UB" master physical plan, the
university anticipates bringing an additional 13,000 faculty, staff
and students to downtown on a daily basis -- sparking further
economic development of Buffalo's East Side. Full implementation of
UB 2020 is expected to increase UB's regional economic impact from
$1.7 billion to $3.6 billion annually.

• UB's UB 2020 Opportunities Advisory Council will identify
and create ways to ensure that local residents are equipped with
skills matched to current and future jobs created through UB 2020
initiatives and the region's emerging job market. The council also
will support initiatives to increase the number of minority- and
women-owned enterprises doing business with UB.

UB already has made significant progress in its plan to expand
its Downtown Campus.

• The university currently is engaged with Kaleida Health
in construction of a 10-floor clinical care, research and business
incubation building on Goodrich and Ellicott streets downtown.

• It has relocated to the UB Downtown Gateway (the former
M. Wile factory building) on Goodell Street its Regional Institute
and new Office of Economic Engagement.

• UBMD, the parent organization of the medical practices of
UB's medical school, is moving its administrative office to the UB
Downtown Gateway building, where it will eventually renovate some
15,000 square feet to provide a permanent home for such business
functions as billing and computer operations.

• In addition, UB will soon begin construction of a new
Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) next door to the UB Downtown
Gateway building. With UB's Office of Economic Engagement and other
community partners, the EOC will identify and create ways to ensure
that neighborhood residents are equipped with skills matched to
current and future jobs created through UB 2020 initiatives and the
region's emerging job market.